The 2015 BastardTrade® Awards

Three of the world’s biggest companies have been shortlisted for a new corporate shame award, and it’s now up to the British public to pick a winner.

Audience members from across Britain were involved in drawing up a long list of 16 companies as nominees for the first ever BastardTrade® award on grounds of social, environmental or human rights abuse.

The 16 firms nominated by the public were: Apple, Barclays, Coca-Cola, Gap, G4S, John West, McDonalds, Nestlé, Pepsi, RBS, Shell, Starbucks, South West Trains, Tesco, Unilever and Vodafone.

In addition, Shell has been awarded a BastardTrade® Lifetime Achievement Prize and John West a Newcomer Award.